Romanticism and Transcendentalism Essay

Between 1790 all through 1860 America was a new country trying to learn how to run itself. The success of the American Revolution brought hope of a country with a just government; a nation where every citizen has a say in how things are run. I believe America had only started to envision that, with citizens like William Manning proposing thoughts on how American government could be, but with concern about how it could get corrupted. The way some citizens would stay oppressed while others…

The book Into the Wild by author Jon Krakauer tells the incredible story of Chris McCandless who decided to abandon his old life and free himself from the shackles of society that dragged him down so that he may live in complete freedom and happiness, no longer would he suffer from the constraints of everyday life but could instead focus on things he felt that truly mattered so that he may live a fulfilling life. Chris was an incredibly determined young man who had a strict moral compass. From…

Santiago the main character of the book ‘The Alchemist’ lives in a small village his dream was to travel the world. He love books he always had a book with him. By becoming shepherd he wanted to travel the world away from his little, small village. His parents wanted that their son should lead ordinary life like any other person in their village. They wanted that their son should become a priest. His father like all other parents try to explain him that what you are doing is not wrong but…

Transcendental Movement is a philosophical set of convictions that arose due to movement away from puritanical religious beliefs and toward a more nature centered, self reliant belief system. Charles May Ellis wrote in his “An Essay on Transcendentalism” that the term transcendentalism, “maintains that man has ideas, that come…

Ian Marshall is a scholar in ecological issues and American essence literature. Marshall has written a handful of books and numerous articles. I've choose two of his literary criticism articles because we both share a passion and love for nature. The first article that sparked my interest was, Literal and Metaphoric Harmony with Nature: Ecofeminism and Harriet Prescott Spofford's “Circumstance” and the second article was “Tales of the Wonderful Hunt”. Immediately after reading both works, I…

Transcendentalism is a philosophy that originated in the 1830's. Its chief aficionado, Ralph Waldo Emerson, began the movement by meeting regularly with other intellectuals of the time to discuss a various array of topics. The Transcendentalism movement was the mainstream flow of writers in the New England Renaissance, large in part to it affected all of the scholars of the period. The contrasting philosophy anti- Transcendentalism was a small philosophical movement predominantly consisting of…

Landscapes can embody values that have the power to prompt philosophical insight and a spiritual awakening in an individual experiencing a landscape. This notion is encapsulated in Alain de Botton’s non-fiction memoir, The Art of Travel (2002) and Sean Penn’s film ‘Into the Wild’ (2007). These texts collectively explore the philosophy of the relationship between people and landscapes and it’s potential power to nurture an intellectual and spiritual understanding of one’s self and the human…

The Nutritional Twins: Health and Beauty The renowned German poet, Heinrich Heine, once stated: The only beauty I know is health. And that statement is as true today as it was centuries ago. There is a definite connection between health and beauty. If you care for the health of your body, it will return the favor with an inner and outer beauty. Your natural beauty is a gift from your parents, keeping yourself healthy is a gift that you give yourself. While you cannot change your DNA, you…

Alfred Adler also had a positive influential impact on Carl Jung. Adler and Jung were both students of Freud, and they both formed their own school of thought. Adler and Jung’s theories went hand in hand and dealt with the basic quality of human nature as a positive existence (Durand & Barlow, 2016). Carl Jung made a huge impact and was very influential on Isabel Briggs-Meyer. She created the Myers-Briggs test which was based on Carl Jung’s eight psychological types. The Briggs-Meyers test…

The Effects of a Quote “When I see everyone rushing in one direction, I know it’s time to move the other way.” – Armand Hammer. This is a quote with which I agree. Being a follower is something that I avoid. I find that by being myself, I discover my true friends that are more like me. This quote, however, can be looked at in different ways and scenarios, such as the meaning of the quote, how the quote may affect you in a school setting, how the quote may affect you in a work setting, and how…